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  52 Reg 9-5 3.0 Diesel Just £7,300 at Auction Today 10 Dec 2004 (News)
  . £4,500 took home an old shape 68k mile Y reg Avensis D-4D GS liftback. £4,150 bought a 10k mile 2003/53 reg Micra 1.0E. And £3,025 was enough for a 9k mile 2001/52 Saxo 1.1 Desire 2. On the bigger cars, top bid for a 23k mile 2002/52 Mercedes S320 was £23,400; top bid
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  Auctions Should Get Interesting Next Week 21 May 2004 (News)
  For a start, this rare left hand drive BMW Z8 is entered for Monday’s Top Car sale at BCA Blackbushe. Speculation amongst traders today was it would reach about £50,000, but we’ll just have to wait and see. Generally, the trade is in the doldrums. The latest hike
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  Franchised dealers dish out double for warranty protection 21 Jan 2004 (News)
  Buying a warranty as protection against an unwanted garage bill can cost as much as 216 percent more from a franchised dealer than an independent insurer. With 2 out of every 5 cars suffering mechanical failure in the two years after the traditional three-year manufacturer’s
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  Shortage of Stock Keeps Auction prices High 22 Jan 2003 (News)
  Activity is amongst the most frenetic auctioneers can remember for a January and more buyers than cars are keeping prices up. But the 12 year old Soarer Coupe in the photo was a luxury most of us could still afford. Its cloth seats went against it, as well as 137k plus a speedo change
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  Auction Prices Begin to Rise 30 Nov 2001 (News)
  for a new-shape Mercedes C180 Avant Garde six-speed manual, which are in short supply from the South African factory. This 17,000 mile eight month old Y reg car started at £19,000 and bid to £20,200 which was deemed not enough even though the new price is only £22,960. A pair
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  Ford Bridgend engine plant to shut in September 2020 6 Jun 2019 (News)
  going forward make the plant economically unsustainable in the years ahead.” The news coincides with the  latest decline in new car sales  and comes just two months after
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  Fancy a Reliant bodyshell for £1? 9 Jun 2015 (News)
  now offering to enthusiasts for just £1 each. 'We’ve stripped a lot of cars for spares over the years, which means we’ve now got an abundance of bare bodyshells,' Joe told Honest John Classics. 'I’m happy to give them away to genuine enthusiasts who are able to make use
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  Two Ferrari Spyders in Historics 6th June Auction 2 Jun 2015 (News)
  in May 2016 and a small file containing old MoT test certificates and copies of invoices from 2013 and the recent service.  The other
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  Goodwood Revival 2014 to honour Sir Jackie Stewart 9 Aug 2014 (News)
  to worldwide stardom for the then 24-year-old young Scottish racer. The very Cooper T72-BMC he drove during that test is one of 24 cars that will form of the tribute to Stewart. His three Formula 1 World Championship titles will be marked by a 1969 Matra MS80-Cosworth and a Tyrrell 006 of 1973 period
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  Alfa Romeo takes victory in the Rally of The Tests 8 Nov 2013 (News)
  (CRA), was the final round of the FIA Trophy for Historic Regularity Rallies and the fifth qualifying round of the HERO Cup, in association with EFG International. The 12th Rally of the Tests saw 81 classic cars set off from Chester on Thursday 31st October on a route that took them
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  89% of young drivers don't take enough lessons 21 Feb 2012 (News)
  Road safety partnership Roadsafe recently partnered up with insurers ingenie to ask 17-25 year olds about their driving habits. The nationwide survey showed that: More than 50% of drivers admitted
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  CBI CALLS FOR SCRAPPAGE SCHEME IN BUDGET 23 Mar 2009 (News)
  scrappage scheme for vehicles and domestic appliances would cost the Exchequer around £500m. John Cridland, CBI Deputy-Director General, said: "Scrappage schemes, at a relatively modest exchequer cost, would encourage consumers and businesses to replace old inefficient
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  Hidden Heroes: BMW 318ti Compact 15 Nov 2019 (News)
  to the car of choice for modifiers and drifters, which means that finding a decent 318ti Compact for sale today is pretty difficult - a situation not helped by the fact that the newest examples are now over 20 years old and corrosion is a fairly big problem, too.  If you can unearth a good one
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  Number of driving licences revoked on medical grounds up 50 per cent 27 Sep 2019 (News)
  revoked.   Of these, almost two-thirds (65%) of drivers were 50 years old or over. More than 800 teenage drivers (829) have had their licences medically revoked.  Meanwhile, more than 2800 motorcycle or car drivers have had their licences revoked
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  Future Classic Friday: Volkswagen Golf R32 6 Oct 2017 (News)
  To fully 'get' the original Volkswagen Golf R32, you have to first understand how disappointing the Mk4 Golf GTi was to fans of the iconic bagde. That may sound a bit harsh - after all, the Mk4 GTi was a pretty good car, insofar as it was smart to look at and had a strong
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  A Grand Monday: Fiat Tempra, £375 16 May 2016 (News)
  , you’ve found it. And for the princely sum of £375, you could be pounding the mean streets of Romford in a car that’s rarer, and arguably more interesting, than a Bugatti Veyron. There are, apparently, just 36 Fiat Tempras taxed and currently in use on Britain’s roads. Of those
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  TVR's rights return to the UK 11 Jun 2013 (News)
  . Not only does he own the rights, but he has also bought the rights to manufacture components for old TVRs. He’s also state that there will be a full announcement about TVR’s future shortly. The beginning of the end for TVR – as was – can probably be traced to Peter
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  Are Men or Women Better Drivers? 11 Jul 2008 (News)
  , outdated myths are still prevalent, with 40% still believing that men are generally better drivers than women and that old drivers are the worst (100%), followed by young drivers (83%), van drivers (82%), taxi drivers (70%) and bus drivers (30%). BMW owners are deemed to be the worst drivers
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  New Shape Mondeo £2,850 at Auction Today 13 Oct 2004 (News)
  It had to happen and now it has. There were masses of ordinary cars at auction today, so they had to be cheap. And they were. Y reg Mondeos showed the way. A 79k mile 1.8 Zetec sold for £4,000, a 95k mile 2.0LX estate sold for £3,525, a 102k mile 1.8 Zetec sold
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  E 320CDI Bids Low at Blackbushe Today 14 May 2004 (News)
  cars making more and some a lot less than I’d have expected. An old-shape 18k mile 2001Y Polo 1.4SE sold for a silly £4,800. Yet a new-shape 16k mile 2002/52 Polo 1.2E 65PS sold for £4,500. A 2k mile 03 reg Focus 1.6LX wasn’t cheap at £7,700. Yet a 200 mile 04 reg